We haven’t really done much secret messaging, but learning about the shared note feature has revolutionized my family’s grocery list making.

Secured credit cards require the user to back them. So, if your secured credit card’s limit is $500, you have to deposit $500 in advance. Their main functionality is to help people who can’t otherwise get a credit card (due to no credit history or bad credit history) start to build a credit history. So, you could…

I spent so much time playing Project Gotham 1 and 2 on the original Xbox.  I forget what they called it, but I loved the like auto-x/style points races.  Basically you had to hit all the cone gates and get points for power-sliding/drifting.  Graphics in the game were pretty mind-blowing for the time and the soundtrack…

I’ve never been one for superfluous badging, but I’m constantly debating adding this to my TourX.

I’m lucky to have the space for both. I was always a charcoal guy (it’s what my dad has always used), so I have a 22" Weber that has served me well the last 8 or 9 years. Then we moved into a house with a natural gas stub out to the back patio, so I picked up a Weber Spirit. Having both is great. For quick week night…

This is obviously anecdotal, but I’ve been surprised to see my local Costco isn’t really too much of a deal right now compared to other gas stations in the area. Even Premium isn’t the relative steal it usually is. It’s still in the cheaper end of what other gas stations are selling it for, but I used to often save…

Yeah, that’s definitely fair. The thing about Atlanta for me, is that there’s kind of a method to the madness. Like, once you figure out what to expect with the traffic and drivers, it’s easier to navigate. I live in Nashville now, and I’m sure there’s some selective memory at play, but I honestly think I often…

Another anecdote: a friend of mine drives and street parks an ND Miata (or at least he used to street park it). He woke up one day to find the hood dented and the soft top damaged. He was parked right in front of his town home, so he checked his doorbell cam, and some drunk asshole decided to walk right over the top…

I would argue hot hatches and similarly small sports cars/sedans are the perfect city car. Quick acceleration makes a world of difference in navigating busy surface streets. I lived in Atlanta for a stretch and the WRX I drove at the time was perfect. Small enough to manage tight parking spots and peppy enough to…

Ah darn. But yep, that scene exactly. Basically he just answers everything they ask with “I don’t answer questions” until they go away. 

Granted, not the US (and fictional), but I always appreciated this scene from Mr. Inbetween.

Minor nit: there is such a thing as an “assault rifle”. Neither of the above guns fit the description (i.e. neither have select fire modes, they’re both strictly semi-automatic). I think what you meant to say is “assault weapon”, which is the term that certain powers applied to the AR-15 and not the Mini 14 and is…

My old boss drove a Focus ST with Recaros for a couple years. I rode in the passenger seat once for, fortunately, a very short trip, and couldn’t believe how far I was away from fitting in those seats. This is almost certainly exaggerated by my memory, but I feel like the middle of my butt wasn’t even touching the…

Looks like the auction already started?

I feel like I’ve become overly sensitive to business jargon. Anytime someone slips into MBAese and starts talking about “being nimble” or “parallel paths” it totally breaks any focus I had on the subject at hand.

Maybe this is why David Fincher wanted to take a break from Mindhunter.

They still make ungodly amounts of money, so we know they’re still being watched. I think they’re planning 2 more movies (10 and 11), so I doubt a director dropping off is going to cause the studio to cancel them. After all, you don’t turn your back on FAMILY.

[Disclaimer: commenting here before flipping through the listicle]

Just one point, Carmax was also likely paying more the the cars on the front end (by evidence of the high trade-in values people were receiving over the last year or so). So while I have no doubt the average car sold for $8k more, their profit likely wasn’t $8k per car (although still likely up overall).

I’ve always been so tempted to do this, but have never taken the necessary steps. As someone with long legs, it takes effort (not much but it adds up on long flights) to keep my knees in the confines of my seat area.  I love the idea of being able to fully relax without worrying about invading my seat neighbor’s…